It’s interesting that you mention Starbucks try to close down independent coffee shops. So many people were opposed to them they knew they weren’t welcome in certain locations. So! they tried to re brand themselves as independent… beware and suspicious of Starbucks, they ar enot always what they seem!

A lot of comments here sound like the sort of whingings we hear these days from ‘marginalised christians’. Who pays more tax than they absolutely HAVE to? Would you? Do me a favour. ‘Course you wouldn’t. If you don’t like the tax rules, lobby your MP to change them – don’t blame the businesses which legitimately use them to mitigate liabilities. Just be thankful a huge concern like Starbucks is on OUR side.

Seems reasonable: “If you don’t like it, fvck off!”. Now, if they can only pay their fare share of Tax in the UK I may even think about going into one of their shops. Not to BUY anything; just to go into one of their shops :)

PinkNews covers religion, politics, entertainment, finance, and community news for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in the UK and worldwide. Founded to produce broadsheet quality journalism for the LGBT community, we cover politics to theology in an intelligent manner.